Microsoft Security Engineer

Shift Timing (Including time zone) : 7 PM – 4 AM IST

Experience Range : 3 - 5 years

Must Have Skills

Hands-on Defender XDR experience in at least two Microsoft technologies, including:
Defender for Endpoint (MDE)
Defender for Identity (MDI)
Defender for Office 365 (MDO)
Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA)
Hands-on Microsoft Sentinel experience, including:
Connecting Defender data sources
Creating and tunning analytics rules
Basic KQL
Solid Windows / AD background to support Defender deployments:
Prior technical consulting or customer-facing experience (Internal or external).

Bonus Experience

Experience with Logic Apps for building Sentinel playbooks

History with competitive security tools (Crowdstrike, Proofpoint, Mimecast, and etc)

Microsoft security certs (e.g., SC-300, SC-200, SC-100, AZ-500)

Security Copilot

Key Responsibilities

Implement and configure Defender XDR (all relevant Defender products) and Microsoft Sentinel in customer tenants.

Onboard And Integrate Signals From Defender Products Into Sentinel

Set up data connectors

Create and tune analytics rules and incidents

Assist with playbooks and basic automation

Support Pilot, Rollout, And Tuning Of

Defender for Endpoint policies

Defender for Identity sensors and detections

MDO and MDCA policies and detections

Work with Cyclotron architects to turn high-level designs into working deployments:

Follow design docs and runbooks

Provide feedback and suggest improvements from the field

Assist With Investigations And Operations

Use Defender and Sentinel to triage alerts

Run KQL queries, build saved queries and simple workbooks

Help improve internal tools and standards for Defender XDR and Sentinel deployments (scripts, templates, checklists).

Skills:

microsoft,sc,sentinel,security